George

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George

Gender: Masculine.
Language: English.
Etymology:
George is a Greek name, Georgios. Originally, it meant “Farmer, or “Earthworker.”

History:
George was brought back to England by the Crusaders. Although it’s first recorded in 1199, George remained relatively rare in the English world until King George I took the throne in 1714.

Pronunciation: jorge.

Diminutives:
Czech: Jíra, Jirka, Jirik, Jirícek, Jirousek, Jiron, Jiránek.
English: Georgie.
Polish: Jurek, Jurzyk.

Alternates: Geordi, Geordie, Giorgios.
Catalan: Jordi.
Cornish: Jory.
Czech: Jiri.
Danish: Jorck, Jorgen, Joris, Jory, Yorick.
Dutch: Joris.
Finnish: Yrjö, Yjo.
French: Georges.
German: Georg, Jörg, Jürgen.
Greek: Georgios.
Hawaiian: Keoki.
Hungarian: Gyurka.
Irish Gaelic: Seoirse.
Italian: Giorgio.
Latin: Georgius.
Polish: Jerzi, Jerzy.
Portuguese: Jorge.
Provençal: Jori.
Russian: Georgi, Yuri, Juri.
Scandinavian: Jorgen.
Scottish Gaelic: Seòras, Seòrsa, Dod, Deòrsa.
Serbian: Gyorgye.
Spanish: Jorge.
Swedish: Goran, Jöran, Ürjan, Örjan.
Ukrainian: Heorhiy, Yure.
Welsh: Sior, Siorys.

Feminine: Georgia.

See also: Jorge, Yorick.

Famous Bearers:
Artists and Authors:
Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574)
Italian painter.
George Gascoigne (1525-1577)
English poet.
Georg Böhm (1661-1733)
German composer.
George Bähr (1666-1738)
German architecht.
George Lillo (1693-1739)
English dramatist.
Georg Anton Benda (Czech: Jirí Antonín Benda) (1722-1795)
Czech composer.
George Baxter (1804-1867)
English engraver and printer.
George Healy (1813-1894)
American painter.
George Eliot (1819-1880)
Actually, the pen name for Marian Cross.
George Fuller (1822-1884)
American painter
George Macdonald (1824-1905)
Briitsh author
Georg von Dollmann (1830-1895)
German architect.
George du Maurier (1834-1896)
English cartoonist.
Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848-1907)
French writer. Originally named Charles-Marie-Georges Huysmans.
Georges Rodenbach (1855-1898)
Belgian poet.
Georges Feydeau (1862-1921)
French dramatist.
George Douglas (1869-1902)
Scottish novelist.
George Grant Elmslie (1871-1952)
American architect.
George Kelly (1887-1974)
American playwright.
Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978)
Italian painter.
Giorgio Morandi (1890-1964)
Italian painter.
George Blake (1893-1961)
Scottish novelist.
George Price (1901-1995)
American cartoonist.
Georges Simenon (1903-1989)
Belgian-French novelist.
George Rodger (1908-1995)
British photojournalist.
George Oppen (1908-1984)
American poet.
Giorgio Caproni (1912-1990)
Italian poet.
George Barker (1913-1991)
English poet.
George Abel Van Eps (1913-1998)
American jazz musician
George Forrest (1915-1999)
Americna songwriter.
Giorgio Bassani (1916-)
Italian author.
Georges Leclanché (1917-1987)
French novelist.
George Lamming (1927-)
West Indian writer.

Educators, Scholars, and Social Workers:
George the Pisidian (Greek: Georgios Pisides) (7th century)
Byzantine historian and poet.
George the Syncellus (?--after 810)
Byzantine historian.
George the Monk (9th century)
Byzantine historian.
George of Trebizond (1396-1486)
Byzantine scholar.
George Sphrantzes (1401-15th century)
Byzantine historian and diplomat.
George Birkbeck (1776-1841)
Founder of Birkbeck College.
Georg Waitz (1813-1886)
German historian.
Georg Curtius (1820-1885)
German linguist.
Georgios N. Hatzidakis (1848-1941)
Greek linguist.
Georg Kerschensteiner (1854-1932)
German education reformer.
Georges Blondel (1856-1948)
French historian.
Georg Simmel (1858-1918)
German sociologist.
George O. Curme (1860-1948)
American grammarian. Specialized in German.
George (Jorge) Santayana (1863-1952)
Spanish-American philosopher.
George A. Dorsey (1868-1931)
American ethnographer.
Georges Lefebvre (1874-1959)
French historian.

Fictional Characters:
Georgie Porgie
Kissed the girls and made them cry.
Geordi Laforge
From Star Trek.

Miscellaneous:
George Dixon (1755-1800)
English explor of the Pacific coast.
George Robert Stephenson (1819-1905)
English railroad engineer.
George Cadbury (1839-1922)
English businessman of Cadbury Chocolates.
Georges Carpentier (1894-1975)
French boxer.
George Mikan (1924-)
American professional basketball player.
George Foreman (1949-)
American boxer.

Places:
George
South Africa.
George River (French: Riviére George).
Quebec
George Town (Penang)
Malyasia.
King George Sound
Australia
Lake George
Australia
Lake George
New York
Prince George
British Columbia.
Saint George’s Cay
Caribbean

Political Figures:
George Grenville (1712-1770)
English politician and Prime Minister.
George Washington (1732-1799)
1st President of the United States.
George Clinton (1739-1812)
American politician. Governor of New York.
Georges Danton (1759-1794)
Leader of the French Revolution. Executed.
Geórgios Karaïskákis (1780-1827)
Brigan chief who fought for Greek Independence.
Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929)
French statesman. Called the Tiger (French: Le Tigre).
George Nicoll Barnes (1859-1940)
A founder of Britian’s Labour Party.
Georges Catroux (1877-1969)
French general and officer of the Free French.
Georgios Kondílis (1879-1936)
Greek general.
Georgios Papandreaou (1888-1968)
Greek Prime Minister.
Georgios Girvas (1898-1974)
Fought for the independence of Cyprus.
Jirí Hajek (1913-1993)
Czech politician.
George Bush (1924-)
41st President of the United States.
Georges Habash (1925-)
Palestinian politicon.
George Chambers (1928-1997)
Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago.
George W. Bush (1946-)
43rd President of the United States.

Religious Figures:
Saint George (3rd Century)
Patron saint of England. Is supposed to have killed a dragon.

Royalty:
King George of Bohemia (1420-1471)
Ruled from 1458 to 1471.
George William (German: Georg Wilhelm) (1595-1640)
Elector of Brandenburg during the Thirty Years War.
King George I of Great Britain (1683-1760)
Was unable to speak English. Also Elector of Hanover.
King George II of Great Britain (1683-1760)
Also Elector of Hanover. He detested his father, King George I.
King George III of Great Britain (1738-1820)
Lost the American colonies to independence. Later, went insane.
King George IV of Great Britain (1762-1830)
For ten years, he was regent for his father, King George III. Hated his wife.
King George V of Great Britain (1865-1936)
Ruled from 1910 to 1936.
King George V of Hanover (1819-1878)
A grandson of King George III of Great Britain, he lost the English to his cousin, Victoria. The last king of Hanover. His kingdom was forcibly taken over by Prussia.
King George (Georgios) I of Greece (1845-1913)
Actually a prince of Denmark (Prins Vilhelm af Danmark). He was chosen by the other European countries to rule Greece in 1863.
King George II of Greece (1890-1947)
Was driven from his country many times.
King George of Great Britain (1895-1952)
Ruled during World War II.

Scientists:
Georgius Agricola (Georg Bauer) (1694-1555)
German “father of mineralogy.”
Georg Brandt (1694-1768)
Swedish chemist. Discovered Cobalt.
Georg Christian Füchsel (1722-1773)
German geologist.
Georg Simon Ohm (1789-1854)
German physicist. The ohm is named for him.
George Engelmann (1809-1884)
American botanist.
Georges Leclanché (1839-1882)
French engineer.
Georg Kerschensteiner (1849-1917)
German mathematitcian.
Georges Claude (1870-1960)
French engineer. Invented the neon light.
George H. Whipple (1878-1976)
American pathologist.
Georg Wüst (1890-1977)
German oceanographer.
Georges Lemaître (1894-1966)
French astronomer. Formed the Big Bang theory.
Georg Witting (1897-1987)
German chemist. Co-winner of the 1979 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
George E. Palade (1912-)
American cell biologist. Co-winner of the 1974 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.
George A. Olah (1927-)
American chemist. Won the 1994 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
J. Georg Bednorz (1950-)
German physcicist. Co-winner of the 1987 Nobel Prize for Physics.

Singers and Entertainers:
George Grossmith (1847-1912)
English comdedian.
George Arliss (1868-1946)
British actor.
Sir George Robey (1869-1954)
British comedian.
George M. Cohan (1878-1942)
American actor, songwriter, playwright, and producer. Wrote “Yankee Doodle Dandy,” “You’re a Grand Old Flag,” “Give My Regards to Broadway,” and “Over There.”
Joris Ivens (1898-1989)
Dutch fillmmaker.
Jirí Trnka (1912-1969)
Czech fillmmaker.
George Fenneman (1919-1997)
American television personality.
George Harrison (1943-2001)
British singer and musician.

Popularity of George:
Percentage from the 1990 U.S. Census:
0.927 % named George
0.104 % named Jorge

Popularity of George:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1800: 7th most popular.
1850: 4th most popular.
1875: 5th most popular.
1880: 4th most popular.
1881: 5th most popular.
1882: 5th most popular.
1883: 4th most popular.
1884: 3rd most popular.
1885: 5th most popular.
1886: 3rd most popular.
1887: 3rd most popular.
1888: 3rd most popular.
1889: 3rd most popular.
1890: 4th most popular.
1891: 4th most popular.
1892: 4th most popular.
1893: 3rd most popular.
1894: 3rd most popular.
1895: 5th most popular.
1896: 4th most popular.
1897: 4th most popular.
1898: 3rd most popular.
1899: 3rd most popular.
1900: 4th most popular.
1901: 5th most popular.
1902: 4th most popular.
1903: 4th most popular.
1904: 3rd most popular.
1905: 4th most popular.
1906: 5th most popular.
1907: 4th most popular.
1908: 4th most popular.
1909: 4th most popular.
1910: 6th most popular.
1911: 7th most popular.
1912: 5th most popular.
1913: 7th most popular.
1914: 6th most popular.
1915: 7th most popular.
1916: 6th most popular.
1917: 6th most popular.
1918: 7th most popular.
1919: 7th most popular.
1920: 7th most popular.
1921: 5th most popular.
1922: 7th most popular.
1923: 6th most popular.
1924: 7th most popular.
1925: 7th most popular.
1926: 6th most popular.
1927: 7th most popular.
1928: 8th most popular.
1929: 8th most popular.
1930: 8th most popular.
1931: 8th most popular.
1932: 8th most popular.
1933: 9th most popular.
1934: 8th most popular.
1935: N/A
1936: 9th most popular.
1937: 9th most popular.
1938: 9th most popular.
1939: N/A
1940-1950: 15th most popular.
1950-1960: 25th most popular.
1960-1970: 33rd most popular.
1970-1980: 49th most popular.
1980-1990: 72nd most popular.
1990: 82nd most popular.
1991: 88th most popular.
1992: 98th most popular.
1993: 106th most popular.
1994: 112th most popular.
1995: 115th most popular.
1996: 117th most popular.
1997: 119th most popular.
1996: 128th most popular.
1997: 136th most popular.
1998: 126th most popular.
1999: 121st most popular.
2000: 129th most popular.
2001: 130th most popular.
2002: 131st most popular.
2003: 137th most popular.

In France...
1900: 192nd most popular.
1901-2000: N/A

Popularity of Georges:
Popularity (for newborns):
In France...
1900: 8th most popular.
1910: 9th most popular.
1920: 8th most popular.
1930: 11th most popular.
1940: 15th most popular.
1950: 27th most popular.
1960: 55th most popular.
1970: 93rd most popular.
1980: 163rd most popular.
1981: 176th most popular.
1990-2000: N/A